CVE-2009-3095 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3095?

CVE-2009-3095 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 8 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mod_proxy_ftp module in the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and send arbitrary commands to an FTP server via vectors related to the embedding of these commands in the Authorization HTTP header, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3095?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Apache Http Server, Apple Mac Os X, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3095?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2009-3095 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3095 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3095, GHSA-w532-9px6-hv54.